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Another disadvantage of derivatives is that they require a high
degree
of sophistication –both technical and political.
The
degree
of economic distress certainly matters.
To a degree, this has always been so.
Preparation of effective defense of the state is unthinkable without a greater or lesser
degree
of participation of all the state's institutions.
In the past 30 years, a remarkable
degree
of consensus had been established that the primary, if not sole, responsibility of central banks was to ensure price stability.
Cost-cutting measures, such as compressing traditional four-year
degree
programs into three years – thereby reducing or eliminating elective courses in “impractical” subjects like literature, philosophy, and fine arts – are also being discussed.
The logical answer would be to reduce equally the
degree
of job security enjoyed by the entire labor force.
But it should now be clear to everyone that democratization in the southern Mediterranean cannot bypass Islamist movements, and that the success of that process largely depends on the
degree
to which their full participation in the political arena is ensured.
The idea of a “social contract” – which arose during the Enlightenment in orderto address, without resort to divine right, the legitimacy of the state’s authority over its citizens – rests on the premise that individuals surrender a certain
degree
of personal liberty in order to secure peace and prosperity for all.
As a result, in venues like the United Nations, China enjoys a
degree
of immunity from criticism for its egregious human rights abuses, as well as for its massive military build-up, one that is unparalleled in recent experience.
CAMBRIDGE – When Adam Smith was 22, he famously proclaimed that, “Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest
degree
of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.”
But this argument misses a crucial point: cooperation is a matter of degree, and the
degree
is affected by attraction or repulsion.
The forces of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych foolishly stuffed ballots and intimidated the country’s electoral commission to an absurd
degree.
But when he and others advocate it to the exclusion of alternatives, they end up communicating a vastly exaggerated
degree
of confidence about what course of action is required.
To be sure, we do not know the degree, direction, or pace of change.
No matter who wins this November, it is clear that Iraq will not dominate US foreign policy in the years ahead to anything near the
degree
that it has in recent years.
Information is liberating in the traditional political sense of the term: the spread of information has had a direct impact on the
degree
of accountability and transparency that governments must deliver if they are to survive.
Our second broad conclusion was that sustained growth requires a coherent, adaptable strategy that is based on shared values and goals, trust, and some
degree
of consensus.
In general, people recognize which university education is good and which produces only a sham
degree.
Although some
degree
of confrontation with the US does help President Vladimir Putin unite the public while burnishing Russian elites’ nationalist credentials, Russia is not an ideologically motivated state.
The EU is a new and marvellous experiment, which, as with all experiments, entails a
degree
of uncertainty.
Because consular officials do not enjoy the same
degree
of immunity as higher-ranking diplomats, the police were acting within their authority, even if their methods – strip-searching Khobragade, for example – might be considered excessive.
Central banks (not to mention lawmakers), with their strong attachment to neo-Keynesian theory, are ignoring a major lesson from decades of monetary-policy experimentation: the impact of monetary policy cannot be predicted with a high
degree
of certainty or accuracy.
To some degree, the new coalition will feel the pressure and consider the necessity to assume more responsibility for international leadership.
Their calculations suggest that a high
degree
of financialization of the economy, certainly well below the level in the UK in recent years, may impede growth.
Multilateralism, however, is a matter of degree, and not all multilateral arrangements are good.
But if the proposals discussed in Beijing last month are realized, the resulting FTA could surpass NAFTA in its
degree
of integration and importance to the world economy.
This demands a certain
degree
of consensus, which often does not exist, especially when there has been a civil war.
Block thinking is an age-old phenomenon, and we all do it to some
degree.
Perhaps parents all over the world should re-examine their often obsessive craving for these “name-brand” universities, pushing their children as if an Ivy League
degree
was an end in itself.
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